[OT] Facebook [was: What does Richmond do with Livecode?]

[Bob Sneidar]

I agree that FB is notorious in their privacy protection failures. They are epic. However, I will bet that the FBI doesn't need Facebook to find out whatever they want about me. The trick is to not have anything to hide that they might want to know about. As far as identity theft, I am not sure how having a picture of me can induce a bank to start up an account with my name. Still, my photo is a logo someone made for me called Sly Laboratories, which is a fox next to a beaker under a full blue moon. Pretty spiffy I think! 

If the FBI wants to know what I think and how I feel about things, why they can call me and ask. In fact I might just call them and see if they are interested. :-) I've had my Facebook account hacked once. Nothing came of it, because I don't have any information there that could be used to compromise anything. Still, I get what you are saying. Most people might use their online banking user name and password for FB and never even think about what a HUGE bonehead thing to do that is. 

Bob


On Oct 1, 2012, at 12:26 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> On 10/1/12 12:31 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
>> I resisted Facebook for a long time, not only because of security
>> concerns, but because I saw how much it can detract from my own
>> productivity. The latter has come to pass for sure. As to the former,
>> well they cannot find out more about you than you tell them.
> 
> They know far more about you than you can imagine:
> 
> 
> FB collects more data about you than you know, it's shared more widely than you know, legal protections are spotty, and malicious behavior related to FB is on the rise:
> 
> <http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/consumer-reports-facebook-privacy-problems-are-rise-749990>
> 
> Your current location and activity, among other things, can be picked up and broadcast without your knowledge; stop using FB apps:
> 
> <http://mashable.com/2012/01/27/facebook-privacy-open-graph/>
> 
> Breach of privacy extends to non-members of Facebook (and lots of other info):
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Facebook#Breach_of_privacy_extends_to_non-members_of_Facebook>
> 
> Identity theft using off the shelf facial recognition software (keep your profile private and take down that photo):
> <http://www.forbes.com/sites/chunkamui/2011/08/08/facebooks-privacy-issues-are-even-deeper-than-we-knew/>
> 
> Until recently they did even worse until a lawsuit stopped some of it. Their approach seems to be that they will infringe without telling you until they are forced to stop.
> 
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